Really enjoying the game so far; if you don't wanna read about my playthrough (so far) skip to last paragraph.

[David Davidson]

On my first run through as Leon. 7:14 into the game. In the control room of the sewers. Which I assume is the final quarter of the game.
I plan to go back to the RPD and use the T handle in certain places to unlock some stuff; I want to fully explore the game.
Maybe 40 minutes of my playtime was me standing in a safe room because I forgot to pause.
Gameplay has been fun so far (though I would prefer some consistency on the zombies. Possibly an option to make your own custom difficulty like in the (newer) sniper elite games. But bullet sponge zombies are a minor concern, they can always be avoided.
I've not used any first aid sprays yet, but have found all the (red) herbs on map, but missed a green herb at the underground section of the RPD, though I have plenty of healing items (3 green herbs, 3 blue herbs and 2 R+G mixtures), plenty of gunpowder and about 60 pistol rounds and 20 shotgun shells. As well as 17 MAG ammo, haven't used the magnum yet, will only use it when confronted with High HP bosses or the last boss.

Was it worth the money? Yeah.
There are probably better/longer games coming out this year (like Cyberpunk 2077) but RE2 was worth it for the nostalgia. And I haven't even finished and started a second run yet.

Thanks Capcom, you did most things well with RE2-REmake, you made a few mistakes (the adaptive difficulty that punishes you for playing well being one of them) but anyone expecting a perfect game set their standards too high.

If there was anything I could wish for it would be a "custom difficulty" where you can disable adaptive difficulty, set non-boss monster damage, reanimaltion, zombie constitution, Mr X's freedom of mobility, his AI, the strength/constitution of bosses and finally ammo/healing item/ink ribbon availability. There could be a point system that rates the difficulty in a scale from east, normal, hardcore and "hell on earth".

Anyone else find the game enjoyable overall? There are too many whine threads; I wanted to create one about people's positive experiences and constructive criticism.

[goka9696]

Many of "whine" complaints are constructive.

Game is fun, but isn't exactly what I expected it to be. I don't see it replacing the original like REmake did with the first game, but I can see it being remembered fondly nonetheless.

The worst parts of the game are probably the Sewer enemies and Mr X. Sewer enemies are annoying and Mr X is just tedious, which isn't helped by the fact that he appears at the time when you have to take care of a very slow puzzle.

The best are overall atmosphere and visuals of course. I also love how the true final boss looks, I found it pretty funny looking in game itself, but the model in model viewer is pretty spooky

By the way, don't worry about exploring stuff. The characters explicitly mention when you are nearing the point of no return, so you can keep exploring the sewers for the time being.

[David Davidson]

@goka
I mean the "too short" or "too expensive" complaints.
The game isn't a.HD remaster and has been remade entirely, so it makes sense that the game is pricy. As for the game length, I guess that depends on how fast you do things and how much you backtrack.

Mr X was quite tedious, I never saw him as a problem, just something to make me run faster (and twice into a zombie hiding by a door) I had cleared the library as I figured I would need time for the bookshelves so I just ran in circles in the library with x in there with me, up the stairs and drown the ladder and he slowly walked after me.

He would have been a more difficult/scary enemy if he could attempt to predict movements and try to set up ambushes, though this would require extensive AI coding or he would just wait outside safe rooms and wait by the door to your next puzzle.
Finding him standing silently on the side of a door that was locked from one side and you just unlocked and walked through would make chit myself.

Maybe it's my though the older RE games scared the crap out of me at times as I would be ambushed by an off camera zombie.
The old danger music was more tension inducing too.